A liquid crystal display device with a touch panel includes: pixel electrodes which is applied a electrical potential corresponding to a gradation value in respective pixels; common electrodes that are a plurality of electrodes which extend in one direction; a liquid crystal layer having a liquid crystal composition whose orientation is changed according to an electric field developed by the pixel electrodes and the common electrodes; and detection electrodes that are a plurality of electrodes which extend in another direction different from the one direction, and detect a touch position on the panel. The common electrodes include a first electrode which is applied a detection potential for detecting the touch position on the panel, and a second electrode to which a potential different from the detection potential is applied during a period in which the detection potential is applied.
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1. A liquid crystal display device with a touch panel, comprising: pixel electrodes that are a plurality of electrodes arranged in respective pixels in a display area, and to each of which an electrical potential corresponding to a gradation value is applied; common electrodes that are a plurality of electrodes which extend in one direction so as to traverse the display area, the common electrodes including a first electrode and a second electrode; detection electrodes that are a plurality of electrodes which extend in another direction different from the one direction so as to traverse the display area, and detect a touch position on the touch panel; and a liquid crystal layer having a liquid crystal composition whose orientation is changed according to an electric field developed by the pixel electrodes with the first electrode and the second electrode of the common electrodes, wherein a detection signal for detecting the touch position on the touch panel is applied to the first electrode of the common electrodes, and a potential different from the detection signal is applied to the second electrode during a period in which the detection signal is applied, without application of the detection signal to the second electrode.
2. The liquid crystal display device with a touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode includes a multi-level cross portion that crosses the detection electrode, and a detection portion which does not cross the detection electrode with grade separation, and wherein the multi-level cross portion is narrower in width than the detection portion.
3. The liquid crystal display device with a touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode overlaps with an area in which the first electrode does not overlap with the detection electrode.
4. The liquid crystal display device with a touch panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode includes first multi-level cross portions that cross the detection electrodes, the second electrode includes second multi-level cross portions that cross the detection electrodes, the first multi-level cross portions are smaller in width than the second multi-level cross portions.
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